System and method for initiating a command of an electric aircraft

Abstract

A system for initiating a command of an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft includes a flight controller configured to receive a topographical datum, receive a sensor datum from a sensor, identify an air position as a function of the sensor datum and the topographical datum, determine a command, including an actuator command, as a function of the identified air position and the determining of the command includes identifying at least one flight component of the eVTOL aircraft to be adjusted to perform the determined command, and initiate the command to adjust the identified flight component.

1 . A system for initiating a command of an electric aircraft, the system comprising:
 a flight controller configured to:
 identify an air position based on a comparison of a visual representation of a physical feature collected at the electric aircraft and a historical visual representation of the physical feature, wherein the air position comprises a first distance that represents a first height of the electric aircraft above a physical feature and a second distance that represents a second height of the physical feature above ground or sea level; 
   determine, based on the air position, a flight component command to adjust a flight component of the electric aircraft; and   initiate the flight component command.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the physical feature is one or more of a man-made structure or a natural feature. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the visual representation of the physical feature is an image collected using an image capture sensor configured at the electric aircraft. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the visual representation is one of a LIDAR image, a three-dimensional image, a two-dimensional image, or a light radar image. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the flight controller is further configured to receive the historical visual representation of the physical feature from a ground database. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the comparison of the visual representation and the historical visual representation comprises a comparison of first pixels of the visual representation and second pixels of the historical visual representation. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the comparison of the visual representation and the historical visual representation is based at least in part on a first contrast area of the visual representation and a second contrast area of the historical visual representation. 
     
     
         8 . A method for initiating a command of an electric aircraft, the method comprising:
 identifying, at a flight controller, an air position based at least in part on a comparison of an image of a physical feature collected at the electric aircraft and a historical image of the physical feature, wherein the air position comprises a first distance that represents a first height of the electric aircraft above a physical feature and a second distance that represents a second height of the physical feature above ground or sea level;   determining, at the flight controller, based at least in part on the air position, a flight component command to adjust a flight component configured at the electric aircraft; and   initiating, at the flight controller, the flight component command.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein identifying the air position comprises:
 determining a first difference between the image and the historical image using a first comparator;   determining a second difference between the image and the historical image using a second comparator; and   determining the air position based at least in part on one of the first difference and the second difference.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein:
 the first difference comprises a first confidence,   the second difference comprises a second confidence, and   determining the air position is further based at least in part on comparing the first confidence and second confidence.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein identifying the air position comprises executing a machine-learning model using the image and the historical image as input to generate the air position as output. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein initiating the flight component command comprises transmitting a notification of the flight component command for presentation to a pilot. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein initiating the flight component command comprises initiating the flight component command based at least in part on a pilot signal. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the pilot signal is based at least in part on one or more of a haptic interaction, an audio interaction, a visual interaction, a gesture interaction, or a passkey interaction. 
     
     
         15 . An electric aircraft comprising:
 a flight component; and   a flight controller configured to:
 identify an air position based at least in part on a comparison of an image of a physical feature collected at the electric aircraft and a historical image of the physical feature, wherein the air position comprises a first distance that represents a first height of the electric aircraft above a physical feature and a second distance that represents a second height of the physical feature above ground or sea level; 
 determine, based at least in part on the air position, a flight component command to adjust the flight component; and 
 initiate the flight component command. 
   
     
     
         16 . The electric aircraft of  claim 15 , wherein each of the image and the historical image is one of a LIDAR image, a three-dimensional image, or a two-dimensional image. 
     
     
         17 . The electric aircraft of  claim 15 , wherein the comparison of the image and the historical image is based at least in part on a first contrast area of the image and a second contrast area of the historical image. 
     
     
         18 . The electric aircraft of  claim 15 , wherein the flight controller is configured to initiate the flight component command based at least in part on a pilot signal. 
     
     
         19 . The electric aircraft of  claim 15 , wherein the physical feature is one or more of a man-made structure or a natural feature. 
     
     
         20 . The electric aircraft of  claim 15 , wherein the flight component comprises one or more of:
 a rudder,   an aileron,   a flight component actuator,   a lift component, or   a thrust component.